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FreeBSD : nghttp2 -- Out of memory in nghttpd, nghttp, and libnghttp2_asio (07718e2b-d29d-11e5-a95f-b499baebfeaf)

low Nessus Plugin ID 88729

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Nghttp2 reports :

Out of memory in nghttpd, nghttp, and libnghttp2_asio applications due to unlimited incoming HTTP header fields.

nghttpd, nghttp, and libnghttp2_asio applications do not limit the memory usage for the incoming HTTP header field. If peer sends specially crafted HTTP/2 HEADERS frames and CONTINUATION frames, they will crash with out of memory error.

Note that libnghttp2 itself is not affected by this vulnerability.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://nghttp2.org/blog/2016/02/11/nghttp2-v1-7-1/

http://www.nessus.org/u?19479b93

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 88729

File Name: freebsd_pkg_07718e2bd29d11e5a95fb499baebfeaf.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 2/15/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nghttp2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1544